In general, government agencies (other than the IRS) can't require you to give them your SSN. There are a few exceptions though... and some govt. agencies want you to think that you need to give them your SSN when you don't actually need to. As an example, if you apply for a passport, the form threatens you with a $500 fine if you don't fill in your SSN. However, it's the IRS that wants to know if you're applying for a passport--you can actually tell the IRS directly, rather than sending your SSN to the State Dept. and having them tell the IRS.
Private businesses can request your SSN if they want... you don't have to give it though. But if you don't, they don't have to give you whatever you're looking for either:)
However, UT is a public school and is subject to the restrictions on government agencies...
here's a page with some info on the use of SSNs in public schools.
Anyways, as a former UT Austin student, I'd be annoyed if my SSN was one of the ones that got out... and if so, I wonder how UT plans on contacting me--as far as I know, they don't have my current address, phone number, or any other type of contact info. As a side note, the first year I was there (1988), a lot of professors posted exam grades outside the classroom indexed by SSN... I guess someone put a stop to that:)
You can get the ANI if you have a toll-free number... I guess the idea is that you're paying for the call, so you have the right to know who's calling or something. A couple years ago, you could call 1-800-MY-ANI-IS and get the number of the phone you were calling from read back to you. Apparently it got abused too much and they (MCI, I think) discontinued it or something.
In fact, they actually came with a label that told you, outright, how many bad sectors the drive had *from the factory*.
Not just how many bad sectors, but their cylinder/head/sector numbers too. At least for the ESDI drives, that's because you'd have to manually key in the defect list when you formatted the thing. Today's drives do automatic defect management--drives still come with a list of bad sectors; the list is just stored on the platters themselves, rather than on a printed label. You can query the drive for its "P-list" (primary defect list) to get the sectors that were bad from the factory, and its "G-list" (grown defect list) to get the sectors that have gone bad since you got the drive.
I have a dual G4. No problems with the update. I don't know whether it's because I'm the superior user with so much knowledge etc..., but I obviously have much more knowledge of the English language than you. And computers are less forgiving of errors than people are--I understood you, despite your atrocious grammar and spelling. I'm not surprised your OS is hosed--you probably make as many errors when giving commands to your Mac as you do when writing,
when did you last see a laptop with wireless but without ethernet?
I'm looking at (and typing on) one right now... The Dell Inspiron 8000 came with a choice of either built-in 802.11b or built-in ethernet&modem. I went for the internal wireless, and have a Cardbus card for ethernet and modem, which isn't plugged in right now.
Even if your local network infrastructure does not support IPv6, all installations of MacOSX 10.2 have and IPv6 stack.
Anyone know how to get OSX to do a rtsol on startup? I'm sure I can add my own startup script to do it, but seeing that Apple touts IPv6 support, I was thinking the system scripts should have some way to enable IPv6 autoconfiguration.
From what I can tell MS-Windows is still a little behind
Is it really considered "a little behind" when the current version of the OS comes with IPv6? As the page you linked to mentions, Windows XP comes with it... you just need to install it. Too bad Mozilla doesn't support IPv6 on Win32... I had to use Internet Explorer to check out this sixxs.org stuff.
Actually "will not fix" means exactly that it won't be fixed in whatever edition the bug was filed against. Their is no "fix in next major release" selection.
Huh? When did you use Sun's internal bug tracking system, that you can make such grand pronouncements about which selection it has?
sl3xd claimed that MS "ripped off some fairly large chunks of BSD code." I would hardly consider an ftp client and a few other utilities "fairly large chunks of BSD code"... and MS didn't violate the BSD license by distributing those utilities either. So where's this alleged license violation sl3xd's talking about?
Well, the hobbyist Tru64 license isn't free, although it's pretty cheap: $99--that's cheaper than Windows! Still, I do think it's a bit pricey for someone who just wants to tinker around and see what Tru64 can do.
P.S. to meatplow: I too have a 500MHz AlphaPC 164, and it's running NetBSD 1.6... dunno why it didn't work for you, 'cuz it should...
Many credit card companies offer one-time-use credit card numbers... just use one of those to buy the reader, then distribute the now-worthless number:)
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Private businesses can request your SSN if they want... you don't have to give it though. But if you don't, they don't have to give you whatever you're looking for either :)
However, UT is a public school and is subject to the restrictions on government agencies... here's a page with some info on the use of SSNs in public schools.
Anyways, as a former UT Austin student, I'd be annoyed if my SSN was one of the ones that got out... and if so, I wonder how UT plans on contacting me--as far as I know, they don't have my current address, phone number, or any other type of contact info. As a side note, the first year I was there (1988), a lot of professors posted exam grades outside the classroom indexed by SSN... I guess someone put a stop to that :)
There's a difference?
You can get the ANI if you have a toll-free number... I guess the idea is that you're paying for the call, so you have the right to know who's calling or something. A couple years ago, you could call 1-800-MY-ANI-IS and get the number of the phone you were calling from read back to you. Apparently it got abused too much and they (MCI, I think) discontinued it or something.
This is for MacOS X Server. Not the regular OS X.
Hmm, well according to their title graphic, it's "chikyuu shimyure-ta". Which does translate into Earth Simulator.
Not just how many bad sectors, but their cylinder/head/sector numbers too. At least for the ESDI drives, that's because you'd have to manually key in the defect list when you formatted the thing. Today's drives do automatic defect management--drives still come with a list of bad sectors; the list is just stored on the platters themselves, rather than on a printed label. You can query the drive for its "P-list" (primary defect list) to get the sectors that were bad from the factory, and its "G-list" (grown defect list) to get the sectors that have gone bad since you got the drive.
DOS 3.2.1 and earlier: 35 tracks * 13 sectors/track * 256 bytes/sector = 116480 bytes = 113.75K
Do your realize how pathic this sounds?
(Huh? Do my what? Pathic?) Aww, the truth hurts, eh?
The issue is real and it effects only certian machines. Namely dual G4's. Apparenly newer ones.
It effects them? A dual G4's what? Hehe...
I have a dual G4. No problems with the update. I don't know whether it's because I'm the superior user with so much knowledge etc..., but I obviously have much more knowledge of the English language than you. And computers are less forgiving of errors than people are--I understood you, despite your atrocious grammar and spelling. I'm not surprised your OS is hosed--you probably make as many errors when giving commands to your Mac as you do when writing,
Upgraded to 10.2.4 the other day, and it went perfectly... my httpd.conf was replaced, but that was expected. diff3 is your friend and mine.
I'm looking at (and typing on) one right now... The Dell Inspiron 8000 came with a choice of either built-in 802.11b or built-in ethernet&modem. I went for the internal wireless, and have a Cardbus card for ethernet and modem, which isn't plugged in right now.
Save us, LoseNotLooseGuy! Your assistance is desperately needed!
Anyone know how to get OSX to do a rtsol on startup? I'm sure I can add my own startup script to do it, but seeing that Apple touts IPv6 support, I was thinking the system scripts should have some way to enable IPv6 autoconfiguration.
From what I can tell MS-Windows is still a little behind
Is it really considered "a little behind" when the current version of the OS comes with IPv6? As the page you linked to mentions, Windows XP comes with it... you just need to install it. Too bad Mozilla doesn't support IPv6 on Win32... I had to use Internet Explorer to check out this sixxs.org stuff.
Huh? When did you use Sun's internal bug tracking system, that you can make such grand pronouncements about which selection it has?
So you are incorrect there.
Umm... no.
You shouldn't call someone an idiot if you don't even know what he's talking about.
But I do know what scripting language means...
Please enlighten us then... what does "scripting language" mean?
Indeed... and for those of you who want to look at the source for themselves, check out Lions' Commentary on Unix 6th Edition: with Source Code. Truly amazing stuff...
MS Natural Keyboard Pro... now discontinued, apparently. I like mine a lot--the USB ports on the keyboard are quite useful.
Ah... what a country!
Jerkcity is done with Microsoft Comic Chat. Comic Chat's art was drawn by Jim Woodring.
Answer: there is none.
Hah, that rules :)
P.S. to meatplow: I too have a 500MHz AlphaPC 164, and it's running NetBSD 1.6... dunno why it didn't work for you, 'cuz it should...
Hmm, what's wrong with it? Why won't it run OpenVMS, Tru64, or NetBSD?
It's the terminator (best read with an Arnold Schwarzenegger accent :)
My calculator has one of those buttons... it's an Hewlett-Packard 11C, and the button is labelled "LOG".
Many credit card companies offer one-time-use credit card numbers... just use one of those to buy the reader, then distribute the now-worthless number :)